Cultivate the Magic of your Lifestyle!

Month: August 2018

Hello, readers. I hope you are having a great week! The first week of school has come and gone successfully–whew! It’s always a little rough. By the end of the week, all of the students understand the routine and expectations (hopefully!!). We are already learning the National Anthem with my older students. There are so many […]

I published this post yesterday without the pictures–oops!! My mistake. Some of you already beat me to it with yesterday’s post and posted a comment, even though there were no pictures. Thank you for that!! Here is the right version–hopefully with everything in tact. Let me know if for some reason you can’t see everything. […]

An empty classroom is like a blank canvas. Where do you start? There is so much golden opportunity to be found! I am lucky to still have props from previous Disney and Willy Wonka musicals. Over and over, I watched my very special aide make magic from glitter, glue, paint and cardboard. I bought the supplies and […]

Good morning, readers! I hope your morning is off to a great start! A few weeks ago when I wrote The Only Guide You Ever Need For Spending Time Alone , I talked about doing an upcoming post on a tour through Texas. Here it is, ya’ll. If you love chic, old places, want to know where […]

The first day of school is drawing so close. This is about the time when we teachers are taking a look at our classrooms, restocking, regluing, and redesigning the place where we will spend the next 2000+ hours a year of our lives. I always look forward to the first day with some nervous anticipation. […]

Hello readers! I hope you are having a wonderful week! Lately I have made a discovery about my blog that has completely changed the way I work on it. I have a famous blogger to thank for that! If you ever want a positive or happy inspiration for your blogging, read some bloggers who have […]

Our West Texas sunrises and sunsets are so unique. Not one of these gorgeous scenic painting-worthy views is ever the same. The sun rises and descends behind our very own Hub City skyscraper–a 274 foot tall tower, our cotton fields, our barbed wire fences of ranch land, and our lakes filled with boats and pontoons […]